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WEB1 day ago · HOUGHTON — Houghton High School’s baseball and softball teams will add players from Dollar Bay through a co-op agreement. The two-year agreement approved by the Houghton-Portage Township Schools board Monday night starts with this school year. Dollar Bay had reached out to other districts in the area, which had turned them down …
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WEB5 days ago · Ingeborg Viola (Aittama)Thomas, 92, passed away peacefully on August 22, 2024. She was affectionately known as “MA” to dozens of kids that knew her. Inge was born on October 23, 1931, and sat at number 11 of 12 children born to Charles Aittama and Hilda (Erickson) Aittama of Bootjack/Lake Linden, Michigan. Ma met Ken “Pap” […]
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WEB1 day ago · September 10, 2024 - Local News. HOUGHTON — The trial of a Wisconsin mother and son accused of murdering a Hancock Township relative at his home last year has been postponed. Margaret Kempainen, 51, and Jacob Kempainen, 21, had originally been scheduled for the October trial docket. Last week, that was moved to January. ...
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WEB3 days ago · Council approves bid for new village hall roof. CALUMET — The Calumet Village Council last week approved a motion to accept the bid from Copper Range Roofing for replacement of the roof of the Village Hall. The bid is for the amount of $112,450, with a required 50% deposit upon signing the contract. The project is fully funded by a grant ...
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WEB3 days ago · Gremlins volleyball tops Jets. September 7, 2024 - Local Sports. PAINESDALE — On Thursday evening, the Houghton Gremlins topped the host Jeffers Jets, winning in five sets, 24-26, 25-23, 24-26, 25-18 and 15-13. Jeffers jumped out to a one-game lead by winning the first game by two. Houghton responded with a second set …
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WEB17 hours ago · Copper Kings volleyball sweeps Sentinels. Levi Erkkila/For the Gazette Calumet’s Jackie Kiilunen (11) swings at a ball early in the second set. This attempt resulted in one of her 11 kills in a match Tuesday against Marquette at the Calumet Gym. CALUMET — Shirts were optional for the boys in the Calumet student section, but cheering and ...
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WEB3 days ago · HOUGHTON — Houghton High School’s baseball and softball teams will add players from Dollar Bay through a co-op agreement. The two-year agreement approved by the Houghton-Portage Township Schools board Monday night starts with this school year. Dollar Bay had reached out to other districts in the area, which had turned them down …
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WEB5 days ago · HANCOCK- Consistency was the name of the game for the Hancock Bulldogs’ volleyball team on Thursday as they shut out the visiting Jeffers Jets 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-16). They stayed the course and forced the Jets to play catch up, and much to the delight of Hancock coach Brian Lampaa the Jets never did. “We […]
County investigating PFAS contamination at old landfill
WEBAug 15, 2024 · HOUGHTON — Houghton County is looking to see what remedies might be needed after PFAS contamination was detected at a former landfill site in Portage Township. The former Peterson-Lahti Landfill operated from 1988 to 1995, before modern safety standards went into effect. As a Type III landfill, it accepted construction material, …
Daily Mining Gazette 2022 Year in Review Top 10
WEBJan 11, 2023 · Daily Mining Gazette 2022 Year in Review Top 10. Features. Jan 11, 2023. Graham Jaehnig & Garrett Neese. 1. TNC purchases Keweenaw Heartlands. In the penultimate week of 2022, the Nature Conservancy announced that it had finalized the purchase of the full 32,469 acres in the Keweenaw Peninsula known as the Keweenaw …